“I will have the children read Hamlet as soon as it is practical. There are some useful cautions against eavesdropping to be gleaned from that.”
“I wondered what he would have thought if he'd known that I'd gleaned most of my information from reading historical romance novels.”
“Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.”
“I have learned to use the world ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.”
“I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.”
“We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests. ”